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MGM Grand Fire


25 YEARS LATER
Nov. 20, 2005
• IN DEPTH: MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE: 25 YEARS LATER
• IN DEPTH: MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE: 25 YEARS LATER: Disaster didn't have to be
• IN DEPTH: MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE: 25 YEARS LATER: Officer recalls eerie scene at burned hotel
• IN DEPTH: MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE: 25 YEARS LATER: Incoming fire chief saw history as rookie
• IN DEPTH: MGM GRAND HOTEL FIRE: 25 YEARS LATER: Baker nearly froze waiting out fire in icebox
• JANE ANN MORRISON: With probe tapes safe, politicians felt heat long after MGM Grand fire
• NORM: Loose ends remain from '80 MGM fire

20 YEARS LATER
Nov. 19, 2000:
  • THE DEADLIEST DAY
  • The Tourists
  • The Pilot
  • The Baker
  • The Paramedic
  • Horror can't be forgotten
  • Norm Clarke: Fire brought out city's human side

    Stories from the archives:
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  • Nov 22, 1980: Makeshift Morgues Pressed Into Service
  • Nov 22, 1980: MGM Hotel Rescuer Unidentified
  • Nov 23, 1980: How It Happened: Fire Got Lots Of Help From People
  • Nov 23, 1980: And Now It's Rubble
  • Dec 3, 1980: Las Vegas a town of no pity or shame



    Audio clips from
    "The Las Vegas I Remember" Series

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    Click the above image to view a photo gallery containing pictures from the MGM Grand Fire


    How the fire started
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    Graphic by Mike Johnson.

    Smoke's deadly path
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    Graphic by Mike Johnson.

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